{"id":30197,"date":"2025-07-31T10:18:44","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T14:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/bill-borden-taking-wukong-warrior-global\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T11:46:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T15:46:46","slug":"bill-borden-taking-wukong-warrior-global","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/bill-borden-taking-wukong-warrior-global\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Borden Taking Wukong Warrior Global"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mili Pictures has partnered with <em>High School Musical<\/em> producer Bill Borden for an international adaptation and direct-to-television\/streaming distribution of <em>Wukong Warrior<\/em> outside of China.<\/p>\n<p>The feature reimagines the classic Chinese tale of Sun Wukong, a rebellious stone-born warrior with cosmic powers who is imprisoned beneath a mountain for 500 years as punishment for his arrogance. He is given one final chance at redemption\u2014protecting a Buddhist monk on a dangerous journey to retrieve sacred scriptures from India\u2014which he takes on with a greedy pig warrior, a sorrowful river demon and a talking horse.<\/p>\n<p><em>Wukong Warrior<\/em> is the first of a planned three-film saga from Mili Pictures.<\/p>\n<p>Borden is spearheading the distribution approach, adapting <em>Wukong Warrior<\/em> for international television and streaming markets through his partnership with Summit International Pictures. While digital and linear platforms are a priority, the producers have not ruled out potential limited theatrical runs in the U.S. and other markets.<\/p>\n<p>Borden has been working with Mili Pictures for over a decade, watching the company\u2019s animation evolve from <em>Dragon Nest<\/em> to today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m incredibly excited to be working with the team at Mili, which has big ambitions backed by great artists and strong resources,\u201d said Borden. \u201cWhen I first saw their animation for their first film, <em>Dragon Nest,<\/em> a little over a decade ago, I remember being blown away by the artistic quality. It has been great seeing the studio grow and evolve. There is still huge potential for Chinese animation outside of China. Here, we have a story steeped in classic Chinese folklore told with heart, humor and adventure with the sensibilities that will appeal to audiences worldwide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe feel there is great potential in making family entertainment that can travel all over the world,\u201d commented Jack Zhang, chairman of Mili Pictures. \u201cWith the stunning quality of Mili\u2019s animation and Hollywood experience in storytelling, we think we offer something very special. It\u2019s great to be working with Bill Borden on reversioning our film for the world outside of Greater China.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mili Pictures has partnered with High School Musical producer Bill Borden for an international adaptation and direct-to-television\/streaming distribution of Wukong Warrior outside of China.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":30201,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[763,11260,11261,11262,11263],"class_list":["post-30197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-bill-borden","tag-jack-zhang","tag-mili-pictures","tag-summit-international-pictures","tag-wukong-warrior","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bill Borden Taking Wukong Warrior Global - TVKIDS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/bill-borden-taking-wukong-warrior-global\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bill Borden Taking Wukong Warrior Global - TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mili Pictures has partnered with High School Musical producer Bill Borden for an international adaptation and direct-to-television\/streaming distribution of Wukong Warrior outside of China.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/bill-borden-taking-wukong-warrior-global\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-31T14:18:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-31T15:46:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/07\/1-MiliPictures-WukongWarrior-0725.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"394\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/bill-borden-taking-wukong-warrior-global\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/bill-borden-taking-wukong-warrior-global\/\",\"name\":\"Bill Borden Taking Wukong Warrior Global - TVKIDS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-31T14:18:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-31T15:46:46+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/bill-borden-taking-wukong-warrior-global\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/bill-borden-taking-wukong-warrior-global\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/bill-borden-taking-wukong-warrior-global\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Bill Borden Taking Wukong Warrior Global\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\",\"name\":\"TVKIDS\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. 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